ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Meet the Press on NBCSunday, August 9, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Meet the Press with Kristen Welker on NBC to discuss the increasing influence of Democratic Socialism in the Democratic Party, the economy, Middle East diplomacy, and conflict with Iran. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on the economy: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “There’s still good news in this July’s jobs report about the resurgence of manufacturing jobs and construction jobs that are being created in America. Never forget that in the last two years Joe Biden was in the White House, we lost a quarter of a million manufacturing jobs, and we have seen a significant resurgence because of President Trump’s trade policies and bringing back those good-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs, and we’re seeing it mostly in states like Indiana. That’s the return of the Made in America economy.” Key Excerpts on Iran: “President Trump’s legacy is going to be largely wrapped up in ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon. I do not want my kids growing up in a world where Iran has a nuclear weapon, that will be pointed directly at the United States of America, at our troops abroad, at our allies. President Trump is the first president in 47 years to have the guts to stand up to the Regime and tell them that they are not going to get away with it.” “As an Afghanistan veteran myself, watching what our military has accomplished, wiping out 85% of Iran’s ballistic missiles, Iran’s defense industrial base, making sure that they can never achieve their ultimate goal to have that nuclear weapon, that’s all good news. President Trump’s use of the naval blockade, he has crippled Iran’s economy; that in and of itself will bring lasting peace, not just to the Middle East but to the rest of the world, and projects American strength in a way I have never seen in my lifetime. He is a peacemaker; this is a key part of ensuring peace for the ages, and President Trump deserves a lot of credit for it.” ###